NZQA registered unit standard
27359 version 1
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of response to emergencies as security
personnel
Level
2
Purpose
Credits
3
This unit standard covers knowledge of initial response
required of security personnel in emergencies.
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
knowledge of:
– emergency types, equipment and roles relevant to the
security context;
– requirements for security personnel to prepare for
emergencies; and
– the initial response required of security personnel in the
event of an emergency.
Classification
Security > Security Staff Services
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
This unit standard has been developed for learning and assessment in any relevant
security context, on job or off job.
2
References
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002;
Crimes Act 1961;
Fire Safety and Evacuation of Building Regulations 2006;
Fire Service Act 1975;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Private Security Personnel and Private Investigators Act 2010;
Sale of Liquor Act 1989;
Smoke-free Environments Act 1990;
and their subsequent amendments and replacements.
3
Definitions
Relevant instructions – oral, written or electronically transmitted instructions issued to
govern the performance of security tasks, duties, and responsibilities. These may be
in the form of policies, procedures, manuals, directives, or legal and compliance
requirements. They may relate to a particular assignment, organisation, site or
operation of equipment.
Security personnel – for the purpose of this unit standard, persons providing
specified private security services, in particular property guards, personal guards,
and crowd controllers.
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NZQA registered unit standard
27359 version 1
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of emergency types, equipment and roles relevant to the security
context.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Describe emergencies likely to be encountered in a security workplace and an
associated impact on maintaining security.
Range
1.2
Identify the role of relevant personnel in the event of an emergency.
Range
1.3
emergencies include – fire, medical emergency, accident involving
injury, natural disaster;
and one of – hazardous substance emergency, bomb threat,
terrorist incident, civil unrest.
relevant personnel include – NZ Police, fire, ambulance, civil
defence, security personnel, building fire warden.
Identify the purpose of emergency equipment in the security workplace.
Range
emergency equipment includes – fire extinguishers, fire blankets,
fire hose reels, first aid kits, identifying clothing, ladders.
and may include – stretchers, blankets, barriers, defibrillators.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of requirements for security personnel to prepare for
emergencies.
2.1
List information relevant to emergency response required by security personnel
prior to commencing duty at any site or location.
Range
2.2
information relates to – alarm notification, evacuation, emergency
equipment;
evidence of one item of information for each is required.
Describe preventative measures to minimise risk in evacuations in terms of the
role of security personnel.
Range
evidence of two measures is required.
2.3
Identify an area with a high risk of fire for a security workplace example.
2.4
Describe measures to prevent fire in terms of the role of security personnel.
Range
evidence of two measures is required.
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SSB Code 100401
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NZQA registered unit standard
27359 version 1
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Outcome 3
Demonstrate knowledge of the initial response required of security personnel in the event
of an emergency.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Describe procedures for initial response to emergencies which are not firerelated in accordance with relevant instructions.
emergencies include – medical emergency, accident involving
injury, natural disaster;
and one of – hazardous substance emergency, civil unrest, bomb
threat, terrorist incident.
Range
3.2
Describe procedures for initial response to fire emergencies in accordance with
relevant instructions.
procedures – alarm notification, evacuation, use of fire fighting
equipment.
Range
3.3
Describe roles and duties of security personnel in evacuating people from
danger in terms of ensuring the safety of self and others.
roles and duties include – monitoring exit routes for over-crowding,
monitoring crowds, transfer of information on missing people;
and may include – traffic control.
Range
3.4
Describe procedures for isolating an area in an emergency in accordance with
relevant instructions.
Planned review date
31 December 2016
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
20 May 2011
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0003
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Electrotechnology Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 100401
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
27359 version 1
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Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the ElectroTechnology Industry Training Organisation (ETITO)
reviewcomments@etito.co.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
Electrotechnology Industry Training Organisation
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 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016